Holdgate Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Farmhouse.
Holdgate Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- inner-spire-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Holdgate Farmhouse, Abdon and Heath
- OS grid reference
- SO 560 892
- Coordinates
- 52.49918, -2.64941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holdgate Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that has undergone later alterations and rear extensions. It features a painted timber frame with painted brick infill panels set on a painted stone rubble plinth, with painted brick elements. The roof is a mix of slate and plain tiles, although it was originally thatched. There is a stone ridge stack with a 19th-century brick shaft, as well as integral brick gable-end stacks on the rear and side extensions. The building has an L-shaped plan, consisting of a two-bay front range, a side extension, and a three-bay rear wing.
The exterior is two storeys high, with raised eaves from the original single storey and attic. The street-facing side has square framing that is three panels high, raised to four panels in the 19th century, with tension braces. There are two 19th-century two-light partly leaded casements, each with a small gable above, and a two-light casement on the ground floor to the right.
On the left side, the gable end features square framing that is three panels high, raised to four panels in the 19th century, with remodelled truss framing. There are two-light casements on both storeys and a 20th-century stable-type door under a projecting curved hood. To the left, there are two bays of square framing that are three panels high, with eaves raised in the 19th century and a continuous brick panel. Each bay has a two-light casement on both storeys. The range continues to the far left with a single 19th-century brick bay.
The right side mirrors the left gable-end framing. The lower storey is partly covered by a single-storey tiled gabled extension wing. To the right, there are two bays of square framing that are three panels high, with eaves raised by one panel in the 19th century, and a two-light casement with a small gable above in the left bay. The lower storey is covered by a 20th-century glass-roofed lean-to, and to the far right is a continuation bay in brick, with a casement at each storey. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Holdgate Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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